Machshava:

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Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Getting To Know Me

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p. 30 How to uproot fear and anxiety from our lives. Finding simcha (joy) in my own actual existence. A life full of problems and I'm supposed to be happy nonetheless? Let's contemplate what's so good about my existence? What is man's natural state - happy or sad? A child's happiness - the natural state of existence. The rat race ("larootz" - to run) of ratzon (desire). What are the unnatural, external reasons for a person's unhappiness? A person desires things outside of himself. Because I want, I feel that I'm lacking. Wanting in ruchnius (spirituality). Matza does not desire anything. With dow, there is a potential for rising.